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JNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA  Agricultural  Experiment  Station 

COLLEGE   OF  AGRICULTURE  E.  J.  WlCKSON,  director 

BERKELEY,  CALIFORNIA 


CIRCULAR  No.  37 

May,  1908. 


INSTRUCTION  IN  PRACTICAL  AGRICULTURE  UPON  THE 
UNIVERSITY  FARM  AT  DAVIS,  CALIFORNIA 


ANNOUNCEMENT   OF 

FARMERS'  SHORT  COURSES  FOR  1908 


Dairy  Manufacture.— Eight  weeks.     October  5th-November  25th. 

Irrigation,  Soils,  Forage  Crops  and  Cereals.— Three  weeks.    October 
12th-31st. 

Poultry  Husbandry.— Eight  days.     October  12th-20th. 

Animal  Industry  and  Veterinary  Science.— Four  weeks.     October 
21st-November  18th. 

Horticulture  and  Viticulture.— Three  weeks.    November  4th-25th. 


Benjamin  Ide  Wheeler,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  President  of  the  University. 
INSTEUCTING  STAFF  AND  SUBJECTS 

FROM   THE   COLLEGE   OF  AGRICULTURE. 

E.  J.  Wickson,  M.A.,  Horticulture,  Grasses  and  Forage  Crops. 

Leroy  Anderson,  M.S.A.,  Ph.D.,  Dairy  Industry. 

M.  E.  Jaffa,  M.S.,  Poultry  Husbandry. 

C.  W.  Woodwoeth,  M.S.,  Entomology. 

E.  H.  Loughridge,  Ph.D.,  Soils. 

G.  W.  Shaw,  M.A.,  Ph.D.,  Cereals  and  Sugar  Beets. 

E.  W.  Major,  B.Agr.,  Animal  Industry. 

W.  T.  Clarke,  B.S.,  Horticulture  and  Viticulture. 

B.  A.  Etcheverry,  B.S.,  Irrigation. 
J.  S.  Burd,  B.S.,  Fertilizers. 

C.  M.  Haring,  D.V.M.,  Veterinary  Science. 

E.  H.  Hageman,  Dairy  Industry. 
A.  E.  Wright,  B.S.,  Irrigation 
A.  J.  Gaumnitz,  B.S.A.,  Cereals. 
M.  E.  Sherwin,  B.S.,  Cereals. 

J.  A.  Denny,  Sugar  Beets. 

NON-RESIDENT  INSTRUCTORS. 

F.  T.  Bioletti,  M.S.,  Lodi,  Viticulture. 

W.  B.  Mack,  D.V.M.,  University  of  Nevada,  Veterinary  Science. 
Charles   Keane,    D.V.S.,    State   Veterinarian   of   California,   Veteri- 
nary Science. 

F.  H.  McNair,  D.V.M.,  Berkeley,  Poultry  Diseases. 

Mrs.  M.  E.  Sherman,  Fresno,  Horticulture  and  Viticulture. 
Mrs.  A.  Basley,  Los  Angeles,  Poultry  Husbandry. 
Frank  T.  Swett,  Martinez,  Viticulture. 

G.  N.  Hecke,  Woodland,  Horticulture  and  Viticulture. 

Earl  Morris,  B.S.,  County  Entomologist,  Santa  Clara,  Entomology. 
W.  H.  Volck,  County  Entomologist,  Santa  Cruz  and  Monterey,  Ento- 
mology. 
J.  S.  Hunter,  County  Entomologist,  San  Mateo,  Entomology. 
V.  G.  Huntley,  Petaluma,  Poultry  Husbandry. 


LOCATION 


The  University  Farm,  the  selection  and  purchase  of  which  was 
provided  for  by  an  act  of  the  California  Legislature  of  1905,  is 
contiguous  to  the  town  of  Davis,  in  Yolo  County.  The  farm  adjoins 
the  town  on  the  south  and  west  and  the  main  buildings  are  not 
more  than  one-half  mile  from  the  town's  business  street.  The 
location  is  very  convenient,  as  Davis  is  situated  at  the  junction  of 
the  Oregon  and  Central  overland  railway  routes  and  many  trains 
pass  each  way  daily. 

The  purposes  of  the  University  Farm  and  the  duties  of  the 
Eegents  of  the  University  in  connection  therewith  are  defined  by 
the  statute  (Chapter  CXXIX)  as  follows: 

They  (the  Eegents  of  the  University)  shall  appoint  the  neces- 
sary instructors  and  inaugurate  and  provide  for  the  conduct  of 
instruction  in  agriculture,  and  in  such  other  branches  of  learning 
as  are  allied  thereto,  and  as  are  calculated  to  better  qualify  and 
inform  the  students  attending  in  the  theory  and  practice  of  agri- 
culture. This  instruction  shall  be  conducted  in  connection  with, 
and  as  a  part  of,  the  College  of  Agriculture  of  the  University  of 
California,  provisions  being  made  by  the  Eegents  for  such  attend- 
ance on  the  farm  of  the  college  students  as  may  be  deemed  best 
aud  necessary  to  the  completion  of  their  college  courses.  The 
University  Farm  and  the  instruction  thereon  shall  be  so  conducted 
as  to  meet  the  needs  of  persons  who  desire  instruction  in  agriculture, 
horticulture,  viticulture,  animal  industry,  dairying,  irrigation,  and 
poultry  raising,  and  to  prepare  them  for  the  pursuit  thereof;  and 
shall  be  used  for  experimental  and  investigational  work  in  con- 
nection with  the  agricultural  experiment  station  of  the  University 
of  California.  Short  courses  of  instruction  shall  also  be  arranged 
for  in  each  of  the  leading  branches  of  agricultural  industry,  so 
regulated  as  to  provide  for  popular  attendance  and  general  instruction 
in  agricultural  practice. 


PURPOSE  OF  THE  COURSES. 

For  several  years  the  University  has  endeavored  to  give  prac- 
tical instruction  in  agriculture  through  short  courses  at  Berkeley 
and  other  points  in  the  State.  A  serious  handicap  has  been  found 
in  the  lack  of  field  operations  under  the  direct  control  of  the 
University  whenever  such  courses  have  been  offered.  With  the 
large  farm  provided  at  Davis  and  the  equipment  so  far  secured 
this   handicap   is   removed   and  the  University  is  pleased   to   offer 


opportunities    equal    to    those    of    eastern    institutions    of    longer 
standing. 

The  aim  of  the  short  course  is  to  give  the  latest  and  best  knowl- 
edge in  a  condensed  and  concentrated  form  to  farmers  and  creamery- 
operators  who  can  spend  only  a  brief  period  away  from  their  busi- 
ness,—to  put  into  a  nutshell,  as  it  were,  what  is  now  known  of  the 
principles  underlying  the  agricultural  processes  and  their  appli- 
cation to  farm  practice.  The  dominant  feature  of  the  courses  will 
be  their  emphasis  of  the  practical  aspect  of  the  farm  operations 
and  the  actual  participation  by  the  students  in  the  work  under 
consideration. 


EVERYBODY  MAY  COME. 

The  Farmers '  courses  are  open  to  all  persons  who  are  at  least 
seventeen  years  of  age.  No  entrance  examinations  will  be  given 
nor  any  requirement  imposed  except  an  earnest  desire  to  learn  and 
to  make  the  best  use  of  the  opportunities  freely  offered  by  the 
State  through  its  University.  Each  person  is  at  liberty  to  choose 
the  course  he  or  she  desires  and  will  be  expected  to  continue  with 
the  course  registered  for,  though  opportunity  will  be  given  to 
pursue  parts  of  two  or  more  courses  simultaneously  if  the  student 
desires,  and  the  hours  are  convenient.  Enough  work  is  given  in 
each  course  to  occupy  the  entire  time  of  the  student  and  each  has 
been  so  outlined  as  to  best  meet  the  needs  of  most  individuals  so 
far  as  those  needs  may  be  foreseen. 

Any  one  who  desires  to  come  will  kindly  fill  out  the  application 
form  found  in  the  back  of  this  circular  and  mail  to  the  Superin- 
tendent of  the  University  Farm  Schools,  Davis,  California.  When 
you  reach  Davis,  call  at  the  Superintendent's  Office,  in  room  6  of 
the  Creamery  Building,  and  register.  You  will  then  be  directed 
to  the  work  you  desire  to  take  and  helped  to  find  a  home.  Students 
in  all  courses  are  expected  to  register  at  the  general  office  before 
registering  in  their  especial  courses.  Correspondence  regarding  the 
courses  is  requested.  The  Superintendent  or  the  instructor  in 
charge  of  each  course  will  be  glad  to  answer  any  inquiries  about 
the  work  to  be  given  that  may  be  raised  by  this  announcement. 
Additional  copies  of  the  circular  will  be  gladly  sent  to  any  address 
furnished  us.  We  want  every  person  in  California  who  is  interested 
in  agriculture  to  know  of  the  unusual  opportunities  the  University 
is  able  to  offer  in  instruction  in  agriculture. 


EQUIPMENT. 

The  Farm  covers  an  area  of  seven  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of 
first-class  valley  land,  chiefly  a  sandy  loam  and  very  productive. 
It  is  upon  the  irrigation  system  of  the  Yolo  Consolidated  Water 
Company  and  water  rights  covering  the  whole  acreage  accrued  to 
the  University  by  donation  from  the  citizens  of  the  vicinity.  It 
is  all  capable  of  irrigation  and  main  canals  connecting  with  this 
system  now  traverse  the  farm.  It  is  well  equipped  with  work 
stock,  chiefly  mules,  and  with  a  full  complement  of  farm  wagons, 
tools,  and  machinery.  Portions  of  the  farm  have  been  set  aside 
for  distinctly  experimental  work,  e.g.,  forty  acres  for  fruits  and 
vines,  of  which  one-half  is  planted;  forty  acres  for  improvement 
of  cereals;  thirty  acres  to  irrigation  to  show  results  of  different 
types  of  ditches  and  different  methods  of  applying  water;  thirty 
acres  of  growing  alfalfa  are  on  the  farm  and  about  sixty  acres 
more  have  been  planted  this  season.  Variety  and  culture  tests  of 
sugar  beets  and  legumes  are  under  way  on  some  twenty  acres;  the 
remainder  of  the  farm  is  in  hay,  grain,  and  summer  fallow. 

Buildings. 

The  Creamery  is  a  two-story  building  60  X  80  and  has  rooms  for 
separators,  churning,  and  cheese  making.  A  forty-horsepower  boiler 
furnishes  steam  for  heating,  for  power  to  operate  the  creamery 
machinery,  and  the  eight-ton  refrigerating  machine.  On  the  second 
floor  are  two  class  rooms,  a  laboratory,  and  four  offices.  This 
building  is  for  the  present  the  administrative  center  of  the  farm 
and  school. 

The  Pavilion  is  a  one-story  octagon  shaped  building  60  X  80. 
It  serves  in  the  double  capacity  of  a  place  for  stock  judging  and 
a  general  auditorium.  The  seating  capacity  is  about  five  hundred 
and  here  are  held  evening  lectures  and  other  meetings  of  general 
interest. 

The  Dairy  Barn  consists  of  a  main  hay  and  feed  portion  41  X 
168  and  two  wings  at  right  angles  thereto  each  41  X  105.  The 
east  wing  has  stanchions  for  fifty-two  cows,  while  the  west  wing 
has  small  stanchions  for  calves  and  ten  boxstalls  for  cows  at 
calving  and  for  bulls.  The  central  part  of  the  main  barn  is  re- 
served for  hay  storage,  while  the  ends  are  occupied  with  feed  rooms, 
machine  room,  driveways,  and  three  sleeping  rooms  for  attendants. 
The  barn  has  a  concrete  floor  throughout  with  concrete  gutters  and 
mangers. 


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The  Seed  House  is  located  on  the  cereal  experimental  tract  and 
is  especially  designed  for  the  needs  of  that  department.  It  is  a 
one-story  building  35  X  46,  and  in  addition  to  office  and  small 
seed  room  has  three  larger  rooms:  one  a  tool  room,  one  for  student 
laboratory,  and  one  for  general  w6rk  room. 

The  Shop  is  of  one  story,  30  X  70,  and  is  divided  into  three  apart- 
ments: one  20  X  30  for  blacksmithing,  one  of  the  same  size  for 
carpenter  work,  while  the  remainder,  30  X  30,  is  a  general  work 
shop  in  farm  machinery.  It  is  the  plan  when  more  funds  are 
available  to  extend  this  to  70  X  100,  and  it  will  later  become  a 
portion  of  the  more  completely  housed  department  of  rural  engi- 
neering. 

A  Water  and  Sewer  System  has  been  installed  at  a  cost  of  about 
$18,000.  The  domestic  water  supply  is  pumped  from  a  deep  well 
into  a  25,000-gallon  tank  at  an  elevation  of  sixty  feet.  Six-inch 
pipes  carry  the  water  to  all  present  buildings  and  on  lines  to  feed 
many  future  buildings,  and  to  fire  hydrants  at  necessary  points. 
The  disposal  of  sewage  is  by  means  of  septic  tanks  from  which  it 
is  pumped  over  an  aerator  and  then  applied  to  the  land  for  irri- 
gation. Six-  and  eight-inch  sewer  pipes  lead  from  the  buildings 
to  the  septic  tank,  with  concrete  manholes  at  convenient  intervals. 
This  system  has  been  planned  and  constructed  with  extreme  care 
to  the  end  that  future  occupants  of  the  farm  and  attendants  upon 
the  schools  may  be  assured  of  sanitary  surroundings. 

A  Dormitory  System  of  commodious  dimensions  has  been  planned. 
The  first  unit  in  the  system  is  a  building  36  X  150,  having  two  full 
stories  and  sufficient  attic  space  for  nine  rooms.  The  dormitory 
has  in  all  fifty  single  rooms  in  addition  to  two  suites  consisting  of 
sitting  and  sleeping  room  and  private  bath.  Every  convenience 
in  the  way  of  bathing  facilities,  heating,  lighting,  large  living 
room,  and  furnishings  has  been  provided  to  make  the  life  attrac- 
tive and  homelike. 

The  Original  ranch  buildings,  consisting  of  a  one-story  cottage, 
horse,  mule,  and  hay  barns,  wagon  and  tool  sheds,  are  used  by  the 
University  in  the  same  manner  as  by  their  former  owner.  Two 
cottages  for  the  occupancy  of  instructors  or  employees  were  con- 
structed in  1907  near  the  new  buildings. 


THE   COURSES. 


Following  is  a  brief  outline  of  the  five  courses  offered.  They 
are  all  so  short  that  any  one  can  leave  his  business  to  attend  at 
least  one. 


DAIKY  MANUFACTURE. 

Eight  Weeks. 
Monday,  October  5th- Wednesday,  November  25th. 

Object.  To  give  an  insight  into  the  principles  underlying  the 
production  of  pure  milk  and  the  manufacture  of  milk  pro- 
ducts, and  to  afford  an  opportunity  of  making  and  handling 
milk  products  under  the  instruction  of  successful  operators. 

Instructors:    Professor  Anderson,   Associate   Professor   Major, 
Dr.  Haring,  Mr.  Hageman,  and  others. 

Lectures  and  recitations  on  the  secretion,  composition,  and 
testing  of  milk;  fermentations  in  milk  and  their  control; 
principles  and  objects  of  pasteurization;  separation  of  cream, 
cream  ripening  and  use  of  starters;  churning  and  controlling 
moisture  in  butter;  cheese  making  and  curing;  dairy  bacte- 
riology; breeds  of  dairy  cattle;  steam-engine,  and  other 
subjects  of  vital  importance  to  the  creamery  operators. 

Two  lectures  daily  for  eight  weeks.  Practice  in  butter  and 
cheese  making,  milk  testing,  dairy  bacteriology,  and  ma- 
chinery, 4  to  6  hrs.  daily,  including  Saturday. 


POULTEY  HUSBANDRY. 

Eight  Days. 

Monday,  October  ISth-Tuesday,  October  20th. 

Breeds  and  Management. 

Professor  Jaffa,  Mrs.  Basley,  Mr.  Huntley,  and  others. 
Study  of  breeds  and  breeding,  feeding,  care  and  management, 
incubators  and  incubation,  egg  testing,  housing,  and  judging 
poultry. 
Three  lectures  daily  and  practice  each  afternoon  from  Monday 
to  Saturday. 


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Diseases.  Dr.  Haring  and  Dr.  McNair. 

Discussion    of    the    common    troubles    of    fowls    and    infectious 

diseases;  caponizing  and  other  poultry  surgery. 
Monday  and  Tuesday,  October  19th  and  20th.     Three  lectures 
and  afternoon  practice  each  day. 


IRRIGATION,  SOILS,  FORAGE  CROPS  AND  CEREALS. 

Three  Weeks. 

Monday,  October  12th- Saturday,  October  31st. 

Irrigation.  Assistant  Professor  Etcheverry  and  Mr.  Wright. 

Explanation  of  principles  and  construction  of  levels  and  level 

rods.     Practice   with   levels   and   rods.      Staking   out   work, 

calculating  quantities  and  keeping  notes. 
First  week,  2  lectures  and  3  hrs.  field  work  daily. 
Preparation  of  land  for  irrigation.     Description  of  tools  used  in 

digging    laterals    and   grading   land.      Different   methods    of 

applying  water.     Measurement  of  water  and  computation  by 

means  of  meters,  weirs,  floats,  etc. 
Second  week,  1  lecture  and  3  hrs.  field  work  daily. 

Soils.  Associate  Professor  Loughridge. 

Lectures   and  field  illustrations  of   soil  types,  movements  of   soil 

water,  etc. 
First  week,  1  lecture  daily  and  field  work  by  appointment. 

Grasses  and  Forage  Crops.  Professor  Wickson. 

A  discussion  of  the  various  lands  available  for  pasturage  and 
forage  purposes  in  California;  of  the  policies  which  yield 
best  results,  and  the  culture  of  grasses  and  other  forage 
plants  which  have  shown  special  adaptation  to  California 
conditions  under  rainfall  or  irrigation. 

Third  week,  1  lecture  daily. 

Sugar  Beets  and  Cereals..  Associate  Professor  Shaw, 

Assistant  Professor  Burd,  Mr.  Gaumnitz,  Mr.  Sherwin,  and 
Mr.  Denny. 
Sugar  beet   culture.     Soils  and  climates,   selecting  and  testing 
seed,  preparation  of  land,  fertilizer  and  water  requirements, 


cultivation    and    irrigation,    conserving    the    fertility    under 

beet  culture. 
Second  week,  2  lectures  daily. 
Cereal  production.     Wheat,  barley,  and  oats,  types,  distribution, 

and  adaptability,  grading  grain  as  to  quality  and  selection 

of  seed.     Corn,  its  structure  and  composition.     Maintaining 

fertility  under  cereal  culture. 
Third  week,  1  lecture  daily  and  2  hrs.  field  work. 


ANIMAL  INDUSTRY  AND  VETERINARY  SCIENCE. 

Four  Weeks. 

Wednesday,  October  21st-Wednesday,  November  18th. 

Animal  Industry. 

Associate  Professor  Major  and  Special  Lecturers. 
Lectures  and  practice  work  in  judging  the  various  breeds  of  live- 
stock, their  history,  selection,  feeding,  care,  and  management; 
planning  farm  buildings;  raising  and  handling  forage  crops. 
First  week,  dairy  cattle;  second  week,  beef  cattle;  third  week, 
horses,  jacks,  and  mules;  fourth  week,  sheep  and  swine. 

Veterinary  Science— Minor  Surgery  and  Clinics. 

Dr.  Haring  and  Special  Lecturers. 

Practical  facts  regarding  the  anatomy  and  physiology  of  domestic 
animals,  illustrated  by  actual  dissections  by  students.  Instruc- 
tion in  the  preparation  of  simple  farm  medicines  and  the  care 
of  sick  animals.  Minor  surgical  operations  such  as  dehorning, 
castrating,  and  spaying. 

Throughout  the  4  weeks,  2  afternoons  per  week. 

In  connection  with  this  course  a  free  clinic  will  be  conducted 
at  the  Pavilion  on  Monday  and  Tuesday  afternoons. 

Veterinary  Sanitary  Science.      Dr.  Haring  and  Special  Lecturers. 
Lectures  and  practice  in  tuberculin  testing,  vaccination,  preparation 

and  application  of  disinfectants  and  post-mortem  examinations. 
Third   and   fourth    weeks,    1   lecture    daily   and   practice   to    be 

arranged. 


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HORTICULTURE  AND  VITICULTURE,  INCLUDING 
ENTOMOLOGY. 

Three  Weeks. 

Wednesday,  November  4th-Wednesday,  November  25th. 

Horticulture  and  Viticulture.  Professor  Wickson, 

Assistant  Professor  Clarke,  Mrs.  Sherman,  Mr.  Bioletti, 
Mr.  Swett,  Mr.  Hecke,  and  others. 
A  lecture  and  demonstration  course  covering  the  planting,  care 
and  management  of  orchards  and  vineyards.  So  far  as  the 
season  and  material  at  hand  permits,  the  student  will  perform 
the  various  operations  connected  with  the  establishment  and 
maintenance  of  orchards  and  vineyards.  Considerable  atten- 
tion will  be  given  to  the  commercial  side  of  orchard  and 
vineyard  operations,  methods  of  disposition  of  the  crop,  and 
similar  topics.  Bench  grafting  and  similar  operations  will 
receive  much  attention. 

Three  weeks,  1  lecture  daily  and  practice  each  afternoon. 

Entomology.  Associate  Professor  Woodworth, 

Mr.  Morris,  Mr.  Volck,  and  Mr.  Hunter. 
A  series  of  practical  lectures  and  demonstrations  illustrating 
and  discussing  the  problems  of  insect  control,  including  the 
following  subjects:  codling  moth,  peach  moth,  potato  moth, 
corn  worm,  cutworms,  grasshoppers,  vinehoppers,  cabbage 
aphis,  melon  aphis,  apple-leaf  aphids,  woolly  aphis,  phyl- 
loxera, San  Jose  scale,  red  and  yellow  scale,  black  scale, 
brown  apricot  scale,  white  fly,  fruit  thrips,  red  spiders,  etc. 
Also  a  detailed  discussion  of  arsenical  sprays,  distillate  emul- 
sions, lime  sulfur  mixture,  and  cyanide  fumigation. 

Three  weeks,  1  lecture  and  a  1  hr.  demonstration  daily. 

Excursions  to  nearby  packing  houses,  orchards,  and  vineyards 
will  be  arranged  for  Saturdays  during  the  continuance  of 
these  courses.  Students  will  thus  be  enabled  to  observe 
methods  under  the  most  favorable  conditions.  Reading 
rooms  will  be  available  and  illustrated  lectures  covering 
various  phases  of  orchard  work  will  profitably  occupy  certain 
evenings  while  these  courses  are  in  progress. 


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SCHEDULE  OF  EXERCISES. 

In  most  courses  the  forenoons  from  9  to  12  o  'clock  will  be  given 
up  to  lectures,  recitations,  and  conferences.  The  afternoons  will 
be  occupied  with  field  or  laboratory  work,  beginning  at  1  o'clock 
and  continuing  for  three  or  four  hours.  Saturday  morning  will 
likewise  be  used  for  field  work. 

In  dairy  manufacture  the  work  will  begin  at  8  o'clock  and 
continue  until  the  day's  duties  are  completed.  The  two  hours  of 
lectures  will  probably  come  after  3  p.m. 

Lectures  of  general  interest  may  be  expected  two  or  three 
evenings  of  each  week  and  in  some  instances  these  will  be  illustrated. 

Each  course,  except  the  dairy,  will  begin  promptly  at  9  o'clock 
of  the  first  day  scheduled.  Students  may  register  either  before  or 
any  time  during  the  first  day.  Registration  for  the  dairy  course 
will  be  on  Monday,  October  5th,  and  regular  work  will  begin  the 
following  morning.     The  office  is  open  from  8  a.m.  until  5  p.m. 


LIVING  ACCOMMODATIONS. 

Board  and  room  may  be  obtained  in  Davis  at  from  twenty  to 
twenty-five  dollars  per  month.  It  is  expected  that  the  dormitory 
on  the  farm  will  be  ready  for  occupancy  October  1st.  This  accom- 
modates fifty  persons  in  single  rooms,  and  the  charge  will  be  based 
upon  the  actual  cost  of  food  and  service. 


OTHER  EXPENSES. 

To  cover  cost  of  materials  used  in  the  courses,  all  of  which  have 
a  large  amount  of  practical  work,  a  fee  of  five  dollars  will  be 
charged  to  each  student  on  the  basis  of  a  three  or  four  weeks' 
course.  For  instance,  the  fee  for  the  courses  in  Horticulture  and 
Viticulture  will  be  five  dollars;  for  the  course  in  Dairy  Manufac- 
ture, ten  dollars.  In  the  latter  course  an  additional  amount  of  five 
dollars  will  be  deposited  by  each  student  to  cover  breakage  of 
glassware  or  other  apparatus.  Such  portion  of  this  deposit  will  be 
returned  as  is  not  needed  to  pay  charges  for  breakage.  The  fees 
are  payable  at  the  time  of  registration. 


Students  in  the  dairy  course  will  be  required  to  wear  white 
muslin  suits  and  caps  when  in  the  laboratories.  The  suit  is  one 
usually  worn  by  painters  and  is  inexpensive.  Each  student  should 
provide  himself  with  at  least  two  suits. 

Students  in  some  of  the  other  cdurses,  especially  Animal  In- 
dustry, will  need  overalls  and  jumper. 

The  cost  of  text  and  note  books  depends  largely  upon  the  desire 
of  the  individual.  It  is  always  best  to  have  a  few  standard  books 
and  five  dollars  will  meet  most  needs  in  these  courses. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA-COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE 

UNIVERSITY  FARM,  DAVIS,  CALIFORNIA 


SHORT  COURSES  IN  AGRICULTURE 


APPLICATION    FORM 


Name  in  full  

Permanent  P.  O.  address 


Age  

Name  and  address  of  parent  or  guardian  (if  under  21) : 


Course  desired  

State  farm  or  creamery  experience 


Date  of  application 


It  will  be  helpful  to  us  to  know  approximately  the  expected 
attendance  upon  the  courses  before  their  time  of  beginning  and  we 
thus  ask  all  to  fill  out  and  mail  the  above  application  as  soon  as 
the  decision  to  attend  is  reached.  Address:  Superintendent  of 
University  Farm  Schools,  Davis,  California. 


THE   SCHOOL   OF   AGRICULTURE. 


Regular  and  systematic  instruction  in  agriculture  in  all 
its  branches,  for  boys  from  the  age  of  fifteen  up,  will  begin 
Tuesday,  January  5,  1909.  The  course  will  be  for  two 
years,  and  the  first  year  will  close  about  June  1,  1909.  The 
entrance  requirement  for  this  course  is  graduation  from  the 
eighth  grade  of  the  grammar  schools. 

Full  announcement  of  the  course  and  other  details  will 
be  given  later  in  the  present  season. 

Additional  information  regarding  instruction  at  the 
University  Farm  will  be  gladly  furnished  upon  request. 

Leroy  Anderson, 

Superintendent  of  University  Farm  Schools. 


